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High Performance Diesel Engines
Driving for fuel mileage, the trucking industry says that the driver of the truck is responsible for about 33% of the fuel mileage. I disagree, I think the driver is responsible for about 66% of the fuel mileage. Now let me explain why I feel that ... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Be careful squeezing the nickel when it comes to preventative maintenance on the truck that makes your living possible and supplies your family with a car, food, and a roof over their heads. What is the most important item in your life? This torsion... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
If you’ve listened to our radio show, the Pittsburgh Power Hour on Road Dog Trucking Sirius/XM Ch. 146, you would know how difficult it can be to diagnose a problem over the phone. Recently we had a customer call who’s 2007 Detroit DDEC V equippe... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Welcome owner operators and students, I have never started an article like this because I don’t really know where these end up. Tonight, I was informed that some vocational schools are using the articles to teach their students my way of building ... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Many of us who have been in the trucking industry all our lives, and even some younger people, have a fascination for antique trucks. There’s something special about the rebuilding of “Old Iron,” a Class 8 truck from the mid 1970’s and older... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
You gotta love an “A ” Model Kenworth! 359 Petes also! This article is about a very special 1982 A model Kenworth owned and built by Lavern Cross of Middlebury, Indiana. The Cross family goes way back in trucking, back to the days of the Big C... -
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Bruce Mallinson developed Pittsburgh Power around a culture of knowledge, innovation, and being the go-to resource in the field of high performance diesels. One of our most valued resources is our knowledge of high performance diesel parts. In fact, ... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
The Big Cam IV engines are great to work with, especially the later 88 NT’s. The only problem these engines have is the low flow cooling system. They can easily overheat in demanding situations, particularly in the summer heat. Peter Sharp... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
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A piece of history left me today, something that I have owned and cherished for 47 years, a vehicle that changed my life when I was 22 years old. A silver 1966 Corvette Coupe that had 19,000 miles on the odometer when I purchased it in 1971. The mec... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Dry diesel fuel, many of you know that twice the aromatics, sulphur, and paraffin have been removed from today’s diesel fuel and gasoline. Forrest Lucas of Lucas Oil and I were speaking at a seminar in California and he told me that I should be us... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Chemical Engineering has come a long way during my working career. Back in the 1950’s, anything made out of plastic was usually of very poor quality. We only had black electrical tape, masking tape and scotch tape. Silicone sealants were almost ... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
The Louisville Truck Show is now behind us, the weather was terrible, snow, rain, cold - however that did not stop the owner-operators who were outside from putting on a great show. The show trucks were beautiful, every year they just get better. I... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Fuel Slobber happens when diesel engines are started cold and even worse when the ambient temperature is cold. This was a common occurrence back in the 1970’s and 1980’s when there was no variable timing on most of the Cummins Engines. The 425-... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Several years ago, an owner-operator from the Los Angeles area called me to talk about engines and his father said to him, “Son, with great power comes great responsibility.” It’s been about 18 years since I heard that statement and I have nev... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Everybody wants to go to California! WHY? Owner-operators tell me the freight pays better out of California. That means you need a truck equipped with EGR, DPF, and DEF, and we know the problems associated with buying a used truck with all the cur... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
On November 30, 2017, John Walko, Pittsburgh Power’s technical director and I were invited to tour the Paccar test center in Mount Vernon, Washington. The invitation was for us to introduce and explain the “Dorothy” (EGR soot separator) to the... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Broken pistons and cracked heads on the newer electronic diesel engines, WOW! Too many ECM tuners do not understand the internal workings of the turbocharged diesel engines. We are seeing many engines with the timing too far advanced. Timing NEVER... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Every now and then a great deal comes along, this one is almost too good to be true. If I didn’t know the person in charge of this piece of equipment and saw the pictures, I would not have believed it also. Many of our owner-operators that live o... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
This article is going to be about the basics of engine building, liner protrusion, upper and lower counter bores, and what we are seeing with the 60 Series 12.7 and 3406 Caterpillar blocks that are 18 to 23 years old. Many of these engines could ha... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
OLD SCHOOL TRUCKING, the way it was meant to be! You can’t always buy what you want in a truck, motorcycle, Jeep, boat or car, so the answer is - you have to build it. Many of you who read this article will say, I’m not mechanically inclined an...